Paul William Schaefer

Paul William Schaefer (1940–2020), U.S. entomologist.

Research entomologist at the Asian Parasite Laboratory (APL) and the Beneficial Insects Research Laboratory (BIRL) under the direction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

• Retired in 2006. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Laboratory, 501 S. Chapel Street, Newark, Delaware 19713, USA.

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Paul William Schaefer

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1970

• Schaefer, P.W. 1970. Periplaneta americana (L.) as intermediate host of Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 37(2): 204–207. PDF. Reference page. 

1978

• Schaefer, P.W. 1978. Betula platyphylla : the Preferred Oviposition Host of Lymantria dispar japonica in Hokkaido, Japans. Environmental Entomology 7(1): 168–170, (1 February 1978). DOI: 10.1093/ee/7.1.168 Reference page. 

1983

• Schaefer, P.W. 1983. Ivela auripes Butler in Hokkaido : Behavior and Morphology of Females; Host Egg Defense Mechanism against Parasitism by Trichogramma sp. nov. 『昆蟲』51(2),東京昆蟲學會. National Diet Library Digital Collections, Japan. PDF. Reference page. 

1999

• Schaefer, P.W. & Kishida, Y. 1999. Capture of Lymantria lucescens males (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in traps baited with sex pheromone components of Lymantria monacha. Tinea (Japan Hetero. Soc.) 16(1): 50−51. Reference page. 

2007

• Pogue, M.G. & Schaefer, P.W. 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner [1819] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. FHAAST Publications PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Schaefer, P.W. 2012. Behavior of Lymantria lucescens (Butler) (Erebidae: Lymantriinae); Especially during an Outbreak Near Toyota City, Honshu, Japan. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 66(3): 133–136, (1 September 2012). DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v66i3.a2 BioOne. Reference page. 

2014

• Schaefer, P.W. 2014. Mass Flights of Lymantria dispar japonica and Lymantria mathura (Erebidae: Lymantriinae) to Commercial Lighting, with Notes on Female Viability and Fecundity. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 68(2): 124–129, (1 June 2014). DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v68i2.a5 BioOne. Reference page.